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The ministry however stressed that no sufficient link has been established between the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in India and the new Indian variant with E484Q and L452R mutations. (Representational Photo: AFP)

New gene mutation that causes a neurological disorder discovered

UDUPI: A team of researchers, led by Dr. Anju Shukla of Kasturba Medical College- Manipal, and Dr. Quasar Padiath of the...

16 Sept 2022 6:00 PM

A health worker takes a swab sample to be tested for the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

Two antibodies identified in Israel may fight all Covid strains

JERUSALEM: Scientists in Israel have isolated two antibodies from the immune system of recovered COVID-19 patients that...

8 Sept 2022 7:55 AM

The Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have identified eight genes known for their role in human male fertility (Photo: Pixabay)

CCMB scientists identify 8 novel genes for role in male fertility

HYDERABAD: Scientists at CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) have identified eight genes that were not...

7 Sept 2022 7:00 PM

NASAs new moon rocket sits on Launch Pad 39-B hours ahead of a planned launch at the Kennedy Space Center(Joel Kowsky/NASA via AP)

NASA postpones rocket launch to Moon after fuel leak

No new date for another try was immediately announced

4 Sept 2022 8:29 AM

A Class X student, Kunchala Kyvalya Reddy, of East Godavari district bagged a certificate for identifying Main-Belt Asteroid 2021 from the International Asteroid Search Collaboration (IASC) (DC Image)

Class X student Kyvalya Reddy identifies Asteroid

KAKINADA: Class X student Kunchala Kyvalya Reddy (14) of Nidadavole in East Godavari district, studying in a private...

2 Sept 2022 8:19 PM

Climate change is already affecting every region on earth, in multiple ways. A file photo of

Experts link recent drop in wheat production to climate change

NEW DELHI: The year so far ranks among the worst for Ali, a 75-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh who lost 35 per cent of...

28 Aug 2022 8:59 AM

About 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are being used worldwide annually. Only one percent of them are being recycled, Manohar Babu pointed out. (Representational image: Twitter/@DRDO_India))

DRDO, Navy successfully test VL-SRSAM

Sea skimming is the technique where anti-ship missiles and some fighter jets fly as close as possible to the sea surface

24 Aug 2022 3:39 AM

File photo of Gaganyaan project successfully test-firing the Low Altitude Escape Motor of Crew Escape System (CES), from Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI)

Chandrayaan-III to be launched in the first half of 2023

Sensor problem affected the two satellites launched by SSLV-D1

15 Aug 2022 6:28 PM

File photo of Gaganyaan project successfully test-firing the Low Altitude Escape Motor of Crew Escape System (CES), from Sriharikota. (Photo: PTI)

Isro holds static test of Gaganyaan escape motor

NELLORE: Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) announced on Wednesday night the completion of another important...

11 Aug 2022 6:34 PM

The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft comprising of orbiter, lander and rover was successfully launched on-board the indigenous GSLV MK III-M1 Mission on July 22. (Photo: File)

Chandrayaan-2 finds Moon ionosphere density varying

NELLORE: Moon is said to have a very tenuous atmosphere. Since ionosphere derives its origin from the atmosphere, plasma...

8 Aug 2022 9:57 AM

On the afternoon of August 3, the Sun was perfectly overhead and thus no shadow of any object was seen. For Hyderabad the dates for Zero Shadow Day are May 9 and August 3, the official said. (Photo: DC)

There was â€˜no shadowâ€™ at 12.20 pm, Thursday, in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: The Birla Planetarium observed the ‘Zero Shadow Day’ where one minute at 12.20 pm no shadow was...

5 Aug 2022 11:00 AM

The SSLV will also launch the AzaadiSAT built by 750 girls from Class VIII to XII in government schools across the country, marking Azaadi Ki Amrut Mahotsav. Representational Image/PTI

Isro set to launch Small Satellite Launch Vehicle on Aug 7

The small satellite launch vehicle has been designed to meet the -'launch on demand-' requirements in a cost-effective...

2 Aug 2022 6:28 PM